Open AccessEffects of prenatally exposed diclofenac sodium on rat heart tissue:a stereological and histological study
Author(s) -
Fıkret Gevrek,
Mikail Kara,
Murat Çetin Rağbetli,
Hüseyin Aslan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-1404-173
Subject(s) - medicine , diclofenac sodium , stereology , pathology , diclofenac , physiology , anatomy , pharmacology
Diclofenac sodium (DS) can cross the placental barrier and affect the fetus, and its consumption during pregnancy may cause developmental malformation of embryos. This study investigates the effect of prenatally applied DS on the quantitative morphology of the adult rat heart.